Do web surveys still yield lower response rates compared with other survey modes? To
answer this question, we replicated and extended a meta-analysis done in 2008 which …

SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable
knowledge by publishing innovative and high-quality research and teaching content. Today …

A major challenge in web-based cross-cultural data collection is varying response rates,
which can result in low data quality and non-response bias. Country-specific factors such as …

This paper uses a novel vignette-based experimental design to investigate the reasons
underlying the gendered division of housework. We are particularly interested in the role of …

This paper tests how people's subjective well-being reacts when they compare themselves
with other people of the same gender, and if this reaction differs between women and men …

Using multiple modes to collect data is becoming a standard practice in surveys. While this
should lower costs and reduce nonresponse error, it may have detrimental effects on …

A major hazard in conducting multimode surveys is the potential for mode effects to
compromise the response distributions recorded. We evaluate the strengths and …

As a longitudinal survey matures, there may be a need to consider refreshing the sample by
adding a new sample (or indeed several new samples) to the ongoing sample. This chapter …

Young adults are generally hard to survey, presenting researchers with numerous
difficulties. They are hard to locate and contact due to high mobility. They are hard to …

Adaptive survey designs can be used to allocate sample elements to alternative data
collection protocols in order to achieve a desired balance between some quality measure …